About Us

The American Association of Medical Review Officers,
Inc. (AAMRO), created in 1991, is a medical society
dedicated to establishing national standards and certification of
medical practitioners and other professionals in the field of drug
and alcohol testing. AAMRO has established standard practices and
procedures, and training programs and administration of
certification examinations. AAMRO is independent of existing
medical membership groups and is designed to provide training and
certification for physicians in different specialties.

AAMRO certification helps ensure the public's receipt of quality
services and the maintenance of ethical conduct by competent
professionals involved in drug and alcohol testing.

The standards and certification process AAMRO has developed has
been encouraged by, and is supported by federal agencies that are
significantly involved in the procedural, policy, and
administrative aspects of drug and alcohol testing.

Certification Helps the MRO Profession

Medical Review Officers are responsible for the critical task of
determining the validity of drug test results. For a drug testing
program to work properly, it is essential for an MRO to have a
working understanding of the legal and technical issues involved.
Medical Review Officers make the final determination of the
accuracy of a drug test. Their decision is as critical as the
laboratory findings. Increasingly, MROs are tasked to review
quality control and quality assurance aspects of testing.

Medical Review Officers are an integral part of federally
mandated drug testing programs. MROs play a fundamental role in
fulfilling the constitutional requirements of the Fourth Amendment
for government mandated drug testing. MROs balance the protected
rights of the tested individual and the compelling concerns for
health and safety in the workplace and for drug deterrence.